Alfenus
| Alfenus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Superfamily: | Salticoidea |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Plexippinae |
| Genus: | Alfenus Simon, 1902 |
| Series: | Entelegynae |
| Type species | |
| Alfenus calamistratus Simon, 1902 | |
| Species | |
|
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| Diversity | |
| 2 species | |
Alfenus is a genus of jumping spiders.
The two species were described by Eugène Simon in the early 1900s, based on a single male specimen each. However, the two species are so different that they probably do not belong to the same genus (Szűts & Scharff, 2005).
A. calamistratus has a characteristic hairy appearance.
The males (no females have been observed yet) are 7 (A. chrysophaeus) to 9 millimeters (A. calamistratum) long, with a dark brown carapace. The hairs on A. calamistratum are white or brownish-orange.
Species
- Alfenus calamistratus Simon, 1902 — Congo basin
- Alfenus chrysophaeus Simon, 1903 — Equatorial Guinea or Cameroon
References
- Szűts, T. & Scharff, N. (2005): Redescriptions of little known jumping spider genera (Araneae: Salticidae) from West Africa. Acta zoologica hungarica 51(4):357-378. PDF (with drawings)
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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